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Historical Event on 1/1/1988

The Officers Training School (OTS) was re-christened as Officers Training Academy. Besides training Indian nationals, 74 cadets from Sri Lanka have also been trained at the OTA.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/9/1788Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
8/3/1993Bill to regulate cable TV introduced in Rajya Sabha.
11/22/1899Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was born at Tentuliguma village, Koraput district.
4/16/1976The govt. announces its new birth-control program to curb population growth.
9/12/1934Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).
1/11/1859Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born.
10/26/1950Mother Teresa founded Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
7/30/1883Badridas Goenka, famous industrialist, was born.
4/4/1996Supreme Court rules that political parties without audited accounts cannot take advantage of an election law that exempts tax expenditure on candidates.
9/2/1946Jawaharlal Nehru, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of the Interim Government of Undivided india, against Partition.